The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Issue 8, Volume 87

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SPORTS: MEN’S SOCCER P. 14

QUCHRONICLE.COM OPINION: TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY P. 7

University set to release new website

Residential Life making changes to RA/CA hiring policy

By OLIVIA HIGGINS Staff Writer

By VICTORIA SIMPRI Staff Writer

The biggest question for prospective students when applying for higher education is “what am I buying?” Quinnipiac’s Brand Strategdy and Integrated Marketing Communications team set out to answer this question directly on their newly branded website that will be released at noon on Thursday, Nov. 20.

With the launch of its new website, Quinnipiac is planning to show the public the value of its education directly on the website, according to Vice President of Brand Strategy and Integrated Communi-

cations Keith Rhodes.

Rhodes (‘92) has returned to Quinnipiac to challenge conventions in the higher education industry. The website that is currently in place fails to answer the question, “Why would I come here? Or what am I buying?” according to Rhodes.

“Nowhere else in the world do you buy something when you’re not sure of what you are buying,” Rhodes said. “You can look at the campus, but that is not the product. Your degree is the product.”

Quinnipiac is one of the very first in higher education to build a website on Adobe Marketing Cloud, according to Rhodes.

“This is the same technology that runs most of Fortune 500 companies in the country,” Rhodes said.

Quinnipiac has coined and copyrighted the term “a world-sized classroom” for their exclusive use. The concept of a worldsized classroom exemplifies all of the practice and experience students will get from an education at Quinnipiac.

“It is the opportunity of going out and getting your hands dirty in labs, clinics and study abroad,” Rhodes said.

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For the 2017-2018 academic year Residential Life will only hire undergraduate students for resident assistant (RA) and community assistant (CA) positions, according to Director of Residential Life Mark DeVilbiss. In previous years, the department also hired graduate students to fill those positions.

Lisa Fallahi, a graduate student in physical therapy school, is a senior area CA in Eastview on the York Hill campus. She has roughly 85 seniors as her residents and lives in a single in a suite with residents.

Fallahi says she generally enjoys being a CA, and she likes the responsibility of holding a leadership position in her community and enjoys the benefits of the job itself. But to her, this job comes with a price.

“I think most RAs and CAs will attest to the fact that they kind of feel underappreciated more often than not. [Residential Life] will say that we are replaceable because there are a lot of people trying to be RAs and CAs,” Fallahi said.

Applying for RA and CA positions has been competitive in recent years, due to the benefits it offers. The university pays for RA’s and CA’s meal plan and covers room costs.

Yet Fallahi feels as though this pressure carries on even when you get an RA or CA position.

“It’s like a ‘Catch-22,” like we want to do our job and do it the best way possible, but we kind of feel like we can’t step out of bounds in any way because if we do, they might just say, ‘Alright, well, you’re gone,’” she said.

When asked about her interactions with Residential Life and the professional staff, Fallahi immediately asserted that it has been negative. However, she also said that working with Residence Hall Directors (RHDs) has been a good experience for her.

“Last year, we had a big meeting because everyone was concerned that our input wasn’t being heard and what we wanted wasn’t being heard,” Fallahi said.“They [Residential Life] said that they were going to be more transparent, they said that they were going to really try to keep our best interest at heart, and yet time and time again, they show us that they’re not doing those things.”

There was no indication or hint of this new policy coming, especially after ending the year with Residential Life promising to be more transparent, according to Fallahi.

Residential Life has full staff meetings a few times every semester. During a meeting in early October, the staff was going over some very difficult topics and covering a lot of information, and then suddenly things took a turn for the worse.

“The head of Residential Life stood up in front of all of us without any indication,

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October 19, 2016

STUDENTS SPEAK UP

Since the release of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s remarks about women from a recording in 2005, there have been several individuals who have come forward as victims of sexual assault by Trump. While this has not caused a loss of adamant voters, it has caused public outcry over the supposed chauvinist candidate.

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Alex Hartman| Sophomore | Game Design and Development “I, by no means, approve sexual assault in any nature, but I do find it very curious that it’s only been coming up now, and that it’s been dormant for many years… It leads me to believe that the assault claims are false in some way. I feel like if these women really felt this way about what happened, they would’ve spoken up sooner.”

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Apoorva Abbi | Sophomore | Occupational Therapy “I feel like someone who makes statements like that isn’t obviously eligible to be president. If he’s able to talk like that now, then in the future we just know what type of person he is. Especially for the younger generation, sending out those types of messages only impacts their self- esteem and doesn’t benefit anyone at all.”

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Riley Spring| Freshman| Journalism “It’s messed up that he’s defending it, saying it 10, 15 years ago and saying ‘Oh, that was just me back then’, but you know he still says stuff like that now… it will definitely have a negative impact on him, but I don’t know how much, because his supporters are die-hard supporters. They’re more voting for him because they hate Hillary.”

Beyond the Bobcats

A rundown on news outside the university.

By Victoria Simpri

Shailene Woodley detained during pipeline protest

Abducted 4-year-old girl reunited with parents

New Haitian immigration policy

Actress Shailene Woodley was handcuffed and taken into custody while peacefully protesting the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline on Monday Oct. 10, according to CNN Entertainment. The controversial pipeline project has brought about hundreds of protesters including the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who believe that the pipeline will destroy sacred grounds. Woodley has voiced her objection of the project on social media and in person. Woodley was posted a on a $500 bond and was charged with criminal trespassing and engaging in a riot. The actress was released Monday night with a court date set for Oct. 24.

Four-year-old Rebecca Lewis was found in Memphis, Tennessee, 800 miles from her home, on Monday Oct. 10 after being abducted on Saturday Oct. 8. Her disappearance caused a police hunt that spanned five states, according to Time Magazine’s website. Her abductor was 31-year-old family friend West Hogs, who is now in police custody. Rebecca was returned to her home in Florida on Oct. 10 with no indication that she had been harmed.

A recent change in the U.S. deportation policy called for an end to the temporary provision that allowed Haitians to enter the country without a visa. This policy change took place after the U.S. saw a large migration of Haitian immigrants in the U.S. after the earthquake in 2010. The policy change came in wake of a stabilizing economy in Haiti. The U.S. government has placed a temporary hold on this provision in wake of Hurricane Matthew, according to NBC News. The U.S. plans to return to its deportation policy after the humanitarian crises has been settled, according to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.

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Questioning Quinnipiac’s diversity

Chief Diversity Officer says diversity is increasing

By THAMAR BAILEY Associate News Editor

Race has become a predominant topic of discussion in the wake of Diversity and Inclusion Week as well as the recent Snapchat incident, in which a Quinnipiac student was depicted wearing a facial mask that mimicked blackface.

Sophomore computer information systems major Naomi Robinson, a student who was present at a group rally on Sept. 24 protesting the Snapchat incident, said she believes that Quinnipiac is not diverse.

“This campus is made up of mostly white people,” Robinson said. “And they all seem to think the same way towards some issues.

They have not been exposed to different types of diversity, and they all have their own cliques.”

Over the past four years, the overall student population has increased, according to the fall enrollment statistics provided by University Registrar Joshua Berry. In addition, there was an increase in the number of students of color.

In the fall semester of 2015, there was a total of 9,654 students enrolled. This number includes undergraduates, graduates and both part-time and full-time students.

The largest demographic was white students. Of the 9,654 student population, 7,201 students identified themselves as Caucasian.

The second largest population was black or African-American students, with 494 students.

Several other ethnic groups are present at Quinnipiac including students who identified as Asian, Hispanic, American Indian or Native Alaskan and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. Overall, in combination with the number of African-American students, students of color made up 21.9 percent of the student population in 2015.

Fall 2014 enrollment contained a student population of 9,035 students with 21.5 percent self-identified as people of color. In 2013, the population experienced another decrease. The student body then was compromised to 8,803 students. People of color made up 19.5 percent of the population.

Dating back to 2012, there was a total of 8,614 students enrolled. In alignment with the 2015 enrollment, the Caucasian demographic made up the majority of the student population with 6,581 students self-identified as white. Following the same pattern, African-American students made up the second

2015

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TOTAL POPULATION

OF THE POPULATION CONSIST OF PEOPLE OF COLOR

2014

9,035 21.5%

TOTAL POPULATION

OF THE POPULATION CONSIST OF PEOPLE OF COLOR

7,201 WHITE 494 BLACK 6,864 WHITE 463 BLACK 7 NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 17 AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE ALASKAN 754 HISPANIC OF ANY RACE 308 ASIAN

2013

8,803 19.5%

TOTAL POPULATION

OF THE POPULATION CONSIST OF PEOPLE OF COLOR

6 NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 20 AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE ALASKAN 694 HISPANIC OF ANY RACE 291 ASIAN

2012

8,614 18.9%

TOTAL POPULATION

OF THE POPULATION CONSIST OF PEOPLE OF COLOR

6,756 WHITE 405 BLACK 6,581 WHITE 389 BLACK 6 NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 28 AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE ALASKAN 638 HISPANIC OF ANY RACE 239 ASIAN

8 NATIVE HAWAIIAN OR OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 21 AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE ALASKAN 592 HISPANIC OF ANY RACE 244 ASIAN

This is the racial statistical breakdown of the student population for the past four years.

largest population with 379 students. In sum, the students of color made up 18.9 percent of the student population.

Robinson believes this trend does not signify an increase in diversity, but rather the presence of colored students has remained stagnant.

“Yes, we see an increase in the percentages [of colored students], but we also see an increase in the amount of people that go here,” Robinson said. “Which means the ratio hasn’t changed much. They make it look as though the percentages have gone up is a good thing, but in reality it is still the same.”

When asked whether or not racial diversity at Quinnipiac was increasing or if the overall population was merely increasing, Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Diane Ariza claimed it was a combination of the two.

“I think the answer is both,” Ariza said.

“For example, in 2014, the university expe-

rienced a dip in overall undergraduate firstyear enrollment, but the percentage of underrepresented students was higher than other years. If you look at 2012, 2013 and 2015, the percentages of UR [underrepresented] students hover around 21-24 percent.”

Noting the distinct Caucasian majority on campus, Ariza claims that this isn’t a trend specific to Quinnipiac, but a reality for many college campuses.

“QU has always been a predominantly white campus like many regional college campuses in the NE [North East],” Ariza said. “This is not a trend. This is a reality of the makeup of universities and colleges. Actually, the trend has been seeing the number of UR students increase every year. That is very different than what the campus experienced 10 [or] 15 years ago.”

When looking at the major disparity between the Caucasian and people of color populations, Ariza stated that there are several

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reasons for the clear white majority.

According to Ariza, more white students have the financial capability to pay full tuition and room and board when compared to the families of underrepresented students, according to Ariza. In addition, white students were graduating from high school at a higher rate. Ariza also stated that when looking at the disparity between the two groups, students should look at the historical component of the issue.

“For the longest time, there were university policies that did not admit students of diverse backgrounds,” Ariza said. “Today, the demographics of our student graduates has changed significantly. Many more students of color graduating from high schools. Also, universities and colleges such as QU have been more aggressive in their recruitment strategies to increase the student population by offering more scholarships to attend QU. ”

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reading off his paper and was like, ‘The fourth point in today’s meeting was that graduate students will no longer be able to be RAs and CAs,” Fallahi said.

Fallahi recalls feeling like he had dropped a bomb on her and the other staff members, on top of all the other important issues they had covered from the beginning of the semester.

The new policy prevents graduate students from being RAs or CAs and will allow current graduate students RAs and CAs to be re-hired for one year. The policy will take action for the 2017-2018 academic year.

“The new approach is effective immediately with regards to the hiring of new RAs. Current graduate RAs and CAs are eligible for rehire for one more year,” DeVilbiss said. “We believe the extra year will give our current graduate RAs and CAs ample time to plan ahead.”

DeVilbiss said this policy has been put

into place to give undergraduate students more opportunity to fill RA and CA positions, and also to provide more space on campus for undergraduate students, since this has become a need for growing class sizes in recent years.

This is where Fallahi disagrees with Residential Life. She believes the university’s response of wanting to give undergraduates more opportunities is untrue.

“This whole thing is fueled by the university making money by having more beds to put places. It has nothing to do with giving undergraduates more leadership experience, it’s a lie,” she said.

When asked how graduate students have been reacting to this news, DeVilbiss says many have accepted the new policy and are able to see the benefits it creates for undergraduate students. However, there are still those who have reacted negatively because it changes their future plans as RAs or CAs. Fahalli said for many RAs and CAs this disrupts their financial plans, which had a

huge impact on their reaction to the news.

“It was devastating for some people. So many people were crying, one of my best friends was basically hyperventilating because he realized he couldn’t afford to be here anymore.”

– LISA FALLAHI

COMMUNITY ASSISTANT

“They’ve got three years of $15,000, that’s 45 grand that they’re losing,” Fallahi said. “It was devastating for some people.

So many people were crying, one of my best friends was basically hyperventilating because he realized he couldn’t afford to be here anymore.”

Fallahi said even those who are not di-

rectly affected by the decision were upset.

“It just put another nail in the coffin of us thinking that they don’t care about us at all, that we’re replaceable,” she said.

But DeVilbiss wishes to convey the importance of RAs and CAs to Residential Life.

“Our graduate RAs and CAs mean a lot to us, and we will miss having them on staff after next year,” DeVilbiss said. “I would like to acknowledge the contributions and experience of all the graduate students who have served as RAs and CAs over the years.”

Fallahi feels upset about this policy and all the aftermath from it and is disappointed by the lack of respect and mistreatment she has witnessed Residential Life show its staff.

Fallahi said she believes it’s good the university is growing, but making space should be done in the right way.

“We need to be profitable to be sustainable, it makes sense. But they didn’t need to do it in this way,” she said.

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Career Development Workshop to take place As part of the Sophomore Year Experience, there will be a career development workshop on Thursday, Oct. 20 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center.

Students will speak with various faculty members and peers and discuss ways to enhance resumes and build experiences for career development. Coffee, tea, and possible cookies will be served.

AT Club to host Walk For Thought Athletic Therapy students are hosting Walk For Thought Sunday, Oct. 23 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mount Carmel Basketball Court. This is an event to raise awareness for brain injuries and raise money for the Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut. They will take a lap around campus and then come back to raffle off prizes and play backyard games.

QSNA to partner with breast cancer awareness fundraiser Quinnipiac Students Nursing Association (QSNA) is partnering with the fundraiser “Pink Hair for Hope,” Monday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students can get a pink extension put into their hair for $10 to help promote and benefit breast cancer awareness in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. All proceeds will benefit a local chapter of the American Cancer Society. The fundraiser will be located at the Carl HansenStudent Center tables.

Zeta Beta Tau to host Wounded Warrior Project On Oct. 25 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Carl Hansen Student Center, the brothers of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity are hosting an event benefiting an organization whose mission is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors veterans.

Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) has a goal to foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in our nation’s history. The event is designed to inform the Quinnipiac community about the various programs offered by WWP. Members will hand out brochures, stickers and bracelets.

October 19, 2016

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum receives award Second “Famine Folio” collection wins first place

By SHANE SULLIVAN Staff Writer

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum’s second “Famine Folio” collection won first place in the 2016 Museum Publications Design Competition for books. The competition was held by the American Alliance of Museums, the leading museum organization in the country.

The Famine Folios publication released by the Hunger Museum states that they are a part of the museum’s publication series of short interdisciplinary essays, which are devised to complement the museum’s collection.

The Famine Folios are described as being a tool for everyone who wants to learn about the Great Hunger, which is known as being the worst devastation of a single population in Europe that century, according to the Famine Folios publication released by the Hunger Museum.

The Museum Publication Design Competition includes many different categories including posters, newsletters, magazines and books.

The competition is the only national juried competition of its kind. In this competition, the winners are judged by graphic designers, museum professionals and publishers on their design excellence, creativity and the expression of personality, mission or special features, according to the Museum Publication Design Competition description.

Both the university and the museum are very proud of this accomplishment.

“The recognition from our peers at the leading museum institution in the United States is huge for us,” Museum Manager Claire Puzarne said. “We’re very honored to be recognized and are honored to have our work recognized.”

However, this is not the Hunger Museum’s first recognition. They have also received several awards from the New England Museum Association (NEMA) including second place for the Famine Folios in NEMA’s 2015 Publication Awards for books, as well as honorable mention for their “Soup Postcards” in the Supplementary Materials part of the same competition.

“Quinnipiac is also delighted at the success of the museum. The university is hugely supportive to us, and we are proud to be part of Quinnipiac,” Puzarne said.

Although the unique Famine Folios are separate from the museum’s collection, Puzarne stated that the Famine Folios are richly illustrated, and the content complements the museum’s collection.

Some content in the Folios can be seen and further explored in the collection at the museum.

For those who are unable to make a trip to the museum, a great aspect of the Famine Folios is that

Famine Folio’s are housed in the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum on Whitney Ave.

they could supplement the museum experience to a degree. The Folios help carry on the museum’s mission outside of the museum.

“The Folios have really been great in spreading the word about the museum and allowing new people to learn about the museum and to learn more about the Great Hunger, which is really the museum’s mission, to educate audiences of all ages about the Great Hunger in Ireland,” Puzarne said. “This is a way for us to do that. I think the more we produce, the more people learn which is great and really helps us advance our mission.”

The Famine Folios’ contributors come from a number of backgrounds including Quinnipiac’s own Robert Smart, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, according to the Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum Famine Folio pamphlet provided by Puzaren. His 2015 collection consists of “Notice to Quit: The Great Irish Famine Evictions”

by L. Perry Curtis Jr., a retired professor from Brown University, Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh’s “I mBéal an Bháis: The Great Famine and the Language Shift in nineteenthcentury Ireland,” Smart’s own work, “Black Roads: The Famine in Irish Literature” and “Death in Every Paragraph: Journalism and the Great Irish Famine,” written

by Michael Foley.

“I think it’s a really interesting story that we tell here at the museum. A lot of people wonder if you have to be Irish to come to the museum. You definitely don’t. It’s a human story, and I think everyone can relate to different aspects of it.”

– CLAIRE PUZARNE

MUSEUM MANAGER

The series was edited by Grace Brady, the executive director of the museum and Niamh O’Sullivan, the museum’s curator. Rachael

Foley, who was contracted from and lives in Ireland, designed the collection.

This is the second series of Famine Folios that the museum has released.

The first set of folios included titles such as “Monuments, Memorials and Visualizations of the Great Famine in Ireland,” “The Tombs of a Departed Race” and more. The first series was originally released in the fall of 2015.

The 2016 collection has not been released yet. The titles include: “An Angle of Death? Political Economy and the Great Irish Famine,” “Workhouse,” “Across the Western Ocean: Songs of Leaving and Arriving” and more.

The variety in title topics show that the Famine Folios have something that will appeal to people of all backgrounds. The museum is similar in that way.

The Hunger Museum’s website has more information on future and present Folios.

Many Quinnipiac classes across all disciplines come to the museum, whether it’s from the medical school, a history class or an English class. But those classes that do not go often don’t mention the museum at all.

“Not a lot of attention in class is brought to the museum so a lot of people don’t know about it. It’s just something you drive by on Whitney,” senior Mark Elsesser said.

With the variety in the museum’s collection, the museum could be a valuable resource for many classes, according to Puzarne.

“I would like to think there is something for everyone to see here,” Puzarne said. “I think it’s a really interesting story that we tell here at the museum. A lot of people wonder if you have to be Irish to come to the museum. You definitely don’t. It’s a human story, and I think everyone can relate to different aspects of it.”

The museum is not currently open due to construction, but it is set to reopen on Nov. 2. Puzarne said when the museum reopens, it will have a new display on a Con-

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necticut resident, Elihu Burritt, who warned the United States of the famine after going to Ireland and journaled about what was happening there. The museum hopes to set up more exhibits in the future as well, according to Puzarne.

The third set of Folios will be released at the Eisner and Lubin Auditorium at New York University on Oct. 28 as part of the Mid-Atlantic Regional American Conference for Irish Studies, according to the Mid-Atlantic Regional ACIS Conference event website.

Freshman Cauley Comerford has never been to the museum, but knew about the museum’s recent achievement.

“My FYS (First Year Seminar) class wanted to go down as a field trip to experience the cultural aspects of the Irish Famine and the impact it had on Irish culture,” Comerford said.

Comerford said her class has not made it to the museum yet.

This is a common response of the students at Quinnipiac. The museum would like to encourage student involvement. The museum director hopes more students get involved with the museum. “We’d love for more students to come to the museum, and I would love to work with students more closely to see what they would like to see here and to see how they could be involved,” she said.

Puzarne said the museum would also be happy to have interns if there is any student interest.

The museum also puts on different events, which students are welcomed to attend, according to Puzarne. On average, they offer between 10 to 20 programs per year, including music and lectures.

This winter, the museum will be hosting a Christmas celebration co-sponsored by Lucky Ewe Irish Goods in Hamden, where they will serve coffee and cookies in addition to goods sold by the local store.

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Department of psychology switches to Bachelor of Science

By JENNIE TORRES Staff Writer

Students pursuing a psychology major at Quinnipiac would normally receive a Bachelor of Arts degree by the time they graduate.

However, the department of psychology recently replaced the B.A. degree with a Bachelor of Science degree, which classifies the psychology that students are studying as more of a science rather than an art.

The state of Connecticut approved the degree change during the previous spring semester on April 1.

The members of the psychology department have been reviewing the curriculum and felt that they have focused on psychology more as a science in previous years and therefore believe it is better to have their department give out B.S. degrees, according to Chairman of the Psychology Department Anne Eisbach.

“We felt that a change to the B.S. was a good fit with what we aligned ourselves as scholars,” Eisbach said. “We think the field as a whole is increasingly aligning itself with the sciences, with psychology being seen as a science.

So for us, it seemed like a good fit with what we already were doing and what our vision was for the students in the major.”

Professor of Psychology and Faculty Director of Quinnipiac’s Writing Across the Curriculum Jeffrey Foy said that the change to a Bachelor in Science degree is a part of a larger curricular change which includes a framework in

which students can learn about the different perspectives and methods used in psychology to understand behavior.

“In much the same way that physics can explore physical phenomenon at different levels, psychologists have different perspectives to understand behavior, such as looking at a person’s physiology or the social context in which a behavior occurs,” Foy said in a statement. “Each of these different perspectives is grounded in scientific research, and by putting them together, we gain a deeper understanding of behavior.”

Sophomore Tyler Zarin recognizes the possible challenges that can arise for upperclassmen psychology majors who may think the inclusion of the B.S. degree will complicate their academic progress. “[It] depends where they are in the psychology major. If they’re a senior and all of a sudden they have to take these new courses they might not be able to graduate in time,” he said. “I’m not sure how that works out for those kind of people.”

Upperclassmen psychology majors do not need to switch to the B.S. degree if they do not want to, Eisbach said. They have the choice to decide whether they’d rather continue with their B.A. degree or transfer to the B.S. degree. As for incoming psychology majors, they will be studying B.S. in psychology and will not have the same “The students coming in this year, they are on the B.S. degree because the change was already made this past spring,” Eisbach

Students who studying psychology will receive degrees with a Bachelor of Science.

said. “Coming in, moving forward, it’s the B.S. degree.”

Sophomore Natasha Tenreiro decided to stick with the B.A. degree, finding herself better suited with arts in psychology.

“I personally am staying with a B.A. degree, but if somebody wanted to go for more sciencebased psychology job, B.S. would be great for them,” she said.

Many of the requirements in the major for the B.S. are the same as the B.A., according to Eisbach.

There are only a few major differences, which include taking one class from each psychology

breadth perspective: physiological, cognitive, developmental, social and scientist-practitioner.

“Under the B.S., we are asking students to choose courses from each of five perspectives. It kind of breaks up those five classes a little differently,” Eisbach said.

“It’s an approach that’s focusing more on psychology and psychological phenomenon being able to be looked at from multiple perspectives, so we want students to really have a view from each of the perspectives.”

Additional requirements for the B.S. degree include taking a sec-

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ond natural science course along with a lab and a diversity/multicultural course.

The department of psychology strives to help students study psychology from multiple perspectives in a way to ask questions and understand a phenomenon using a variety of explanatory constructs and methodologies, as the Quinnipiac website states.

The faculty of the department plans to encourage its students to think analytically and express themselves through the avenue of psychology.

New website aims for simplicity WEBISTE from cover

The new website will consist of

Brandt thinks it would have been

in a 92 percent reduction in total

nice to have her input as a student

pages on the website, according to

put into the decision making pro-

Rhodes.

300 webpages which will result

cess of the new branding strategy.

“You’re going to see a heavy

“I feel that it was kind of sud-

emphasis on the professions in the

den, they [Residential Life] kind

website. We really want to empha-

of just changed it and they’re not

size people doing things. We’re

really taking our perspectives

trying to minimize anyone sitting

on it that much,” Brandt said. “I

in a classroom staring at a board,”

don’t think they’d consider go-

Rhodes said.

ing back to the old [logo] and the capitalized ‘U.’”

The plan for the new website combines the university’s new

The university underwent this

brand strategy and identity with

change in logo and website to

its very best user experience de-

make themselves more known,

sign and marketing technology.

according to Brandt.

SCREENSHOT COURTESY OF QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BRANDING AND STRATEGY

The new website is on schedule to launch on Thursday, Oct. 20.

This creates an unprecedented

“I think that they want Quin-

schools. This idea was developed

a president’s message appearing

“Last year with the hockey

university web experience that

nipiac to be more distinguished

with the entire cabinet of the uni-

on the homepage, according to

season we became more known

will further differentiate Quinni-

and Ivy League like Yale,” DiNi-

versity including the academic

Rhodes.

and now they just want to become

piac and build greater interest and

cola said. “I hope [new website] is

deans and the office of admis-

Quinnipiac and not just have it

favorability among prospective

informational, not confusing, and

sions, according to Rhodes.

about the hockey team,” Brandt

students, according to the press

easy to follow.”

said.

release posted on MyQ Tuesday

The goal for the new web-

Oct. 18.

“We’ve thrown out that institution first model completely, we

Most institutions have their

are user centric. Our goal is to

The website will have features

webpages set up in an “institution

make Quinnipiac a first choice for

that allow users to see the student

first” type format. Meaning the

more students,” Rhodes said.

site is simplicity, according to

Junior Tiffani DiNicola finds

success rate in a way that com-

web pages are structured around

Rhodes. The current website has

the idea of a new website interest-

pares Quinnipiac’s percentages to

the institution with an alumni

over 4,000 unique webpages.

ing.

the national averages for private

page, a development page, and

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Leave my face alone

Makeup is a choice not a requirement Everyone has a morning routine. Wake up, brush your teeth, choose an outfit and, for many girls, do your makeup.

Makeup is such a huge part of some people’s lives that it has become almost as essential as soap. I personally think that makeup can be fun and that being good at doing makeup is an impressive skill to have. However, I do not think it is necessary.

In the past week or so, I guess I got lazy and skipped the daily mascara and cover-up I use to make myself look “alive” each morning. I hadn’t even realized that I had skipped this part of my morning ritual so many days in a row, but everyone else sure as hell did.

“Are you okay? You look exhausted. Are you getting sick?”

NO. I am not sick. I actually felt great before you started criticizing my natural appearance.

After the first few comments like this, I would normally retreat to my makeup drawer and cover up the bags under my eyes, fill in my eyebrows and hide any redness on my face, because who wants to deal with those comments? But this time I decided to stop listening and to conduct the most scientific

I learned a lot from this little experiment. experiment I ever have: I swore off of makeup I learned that you should not judge people by altogether.

For over a week now, I have not put on a their appearances, that you don’t need to look drop of makeup, have not straightened my “alive” every day, that you’ll never be able to hair and I have been wearing my nerdy glasses satisfy everyone’s expectations, that your skin will appreciate a break rather than contacts, and from being covered up and the comments have not that people’s image of you stopped.

MADISON FRAITAG should not dictate your On Monday, a professor Co Arts & Life Editor image of yourself. asked me if I needed to @ madisonnrosee13 For the record, I think leave class because I didn’t you should do whatever look well. After sitting makes you feel good through that whole class about yourself. If wearing because I was completely fine and prepared for class, he (yes, a man makeup makes you happy, by all means wear had the gall said this to me) told me I’d better makeup. However, I don’t think you should feel go back to my room and take a nap because I like you need makeup to look beautiful. How you feel most confident is how you should be didn’t look so great.

All week I turned a blind eye to these every day.

So next time you’re running low on time comments out of defiance, but they all made me realize something: by having makeup as or have all the time in the world but want to part of my daily routine, I led people to believe feel a little empowered for a change, leave the that my eyelashes are naturally black, my skin makeup at home. People will question you and is naturally smooth and blemish-free and my you can proudly tell them you feel great. Own eyebrows are naturally one solid shape rather your natural beauty, because you’re the only one who can. than individual hairs. My bad, I guess?

Wearing makeup is confidence, not a cop-out The makeup industry has just created histo- hide (just kidding, I was born with gills). Most ry. CoverGirl hired the first CoverBoy, 17-year- days, I do my makeup in the morning, and it is old makeup artist James Charles. Charles has very therapeutic for me. The process of doing a large following on Instagram and YouTube, makeup is different for everyone, and for me it with his most recent posts being makeup is very soothing to accentuate my features, eslooks that are Halloween-themed. He also has pecially my eyelashes and my lips. I also take pride in the fact that I use other looks that are weartwo or three highlighters able for autumn or a night on my cheekbones to glow out with your friends. He JULIA GALLOP like the moon. even created a Snapchat Quick piece of adfilter-inspired galaxy look. Associate Photography Editor @Jule_Gals vice: do not overdo it on In short, James Charles is the highlighters, or else slaying the game you will look more like a Not only has CoverGirl broken a gender boundary in the world of Krispy Kreme doughnut instead of the moon.

James Charles wears makeup because he is makeup, but they have also shown that there are no rules to using makeup and absolutely anyone confident, and he has no problem showing that can wear it. Charles being hired by CoverGirl off. He is not only showing via social media that could easily be a way for it to be known that being male and wearing makeup is nothing to makeup is not just colors, powder and cream; it be scared by, but he is also proving that there is also nothing wrong with showing off a passion is confidence, creativity and individuality.

Sometimes when I am wearing makeup, I of yours. If you are skilled at makeup, then you am told that I do not need to be wearing it be- should wear it however and wherever you want. cause I have nothing to hide. I understand that, Even if you are not a skilled makeup artist but because my natural complexion is not hideous still use it, more power to you! Everybody has (no one’s is), and I do indeed have nothing to the right to feel confident and beautiful in his or

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her own skin in a way that works. Some of the best parts of makeup are that anyone can use it, and there are exactly zero rules on how to use it.

So many other makeup artists have broken the gender gap that makeup supposedly has and have proven again that everyone can use makeup. Jeffree Star and Manny MUA are classic examples of two men who took their passion for makeup to the internet and proudly showed off their confidence and skill.

It is outstanding to think that makeup is a large part of what gives people the courage to show off who they are. Although everyone, man or woman, is lovely without makeup, it is so important for individuals to feel beautiful.

One’s perception of beauty can change the way the world works. If you’re a man or woman wearing the certain amount of makeup you like, that confidence you feel from those colors and definers will make you feel much better about everything you go through as the day goes on.

With that confidence, you will do better on your test, you’ll laugh harder with your best friends and you will simply feel like you can conquer the world.

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Fall into the norm

It doesn’t matter if you’re not photogenic, the season makes up for it All I seem to hear lately is “I love fall.

Yes, I do enjoy taking pictures, but it It’s my favorite season!” Then when winter starts to get kind of obnoxious when everycomes around, I am going to hear “I love body’s pictures are the same: a girl getting winter. It’s my favorite season!” Everybody a “candid” of her reaching for an apple in keeps saying that each season is their favor- a tree or a group of people with pumpkins ite. Well, news flash, every season in Con- and some cheesy caption. I am sure at some necticut is different so how point I have or will post are they all your favorite? something like this, but Since it’s fall, everyit will probably be a real ERIN KANE body is living out their candid or something more Photography Editor childhood memories by artistic. going apple picking and Before we know it, it wandering through corn will soon be winter, and mazes. This is a great time we will be seeing posts of of year to go out in a field people throwing snow or and get lost, but every single picture is the all bundled up reading a book and drinking same. Girls wearing flannels and vests and hot chocolate by a fireplace. Every season riding boots, guys wearing flannels and there is a new “classic” type of picture that jeans. All of this comes out for the pictures. will be seen over and over as you scroll

through Facebook or Instagram.

I’m not saying that you shouldn’t take and post pictures because I do enjoy seeing a lot of them, and they do give me inspiration for pictures that I want to try and do, but sometimes it just gets to be too much.

It may be my own fault for following so many people that post similar pictures to other people, but I like seeing so many different things during the rest of the year that I can’t unfollow them.

I also find it pretty funny and interesting to see people from my town that go to different colleges doing the same exact thing as people here at Quinnipiac. I guess that is just how the generation I grew up with is.

Even celebrities like Ariel Winter, Kendall Jenner and Karlie Kloss have been seen to follow these norms on Instagram by post-

ing pictures of them enjoying the nostalgia of apple picking and fall fashion.

Fall is my favorite season, and I am guilty of layering up, wearing flannels and drinking or eating everything pumpkin flavored. I just enjoy living in the moment and if I do get a picture taken of the surreal fall foliage, I don’t normally post it with a cheesy caption. When you do post photos of apple cider and doughnuts, please be sure to say where you are getting them so that I can join in on those guilty pleasures.

Make sure you go get your pumpkin spice lattes, cozy up and take some cool pictures because we all know that you can’t get enough of falling into the norm.

Take accountability for your actions There is an epidemic in my room called Rocket League.

To paint a picture for those who do not know what Rocket League is, picture a video game mix of FIFA and “Mad Max: Fury Road” hyped up on a 12-pack of Monster.

We set up two TVs along with two Xboxes in our common room to facilitate the best and most intense experience. It’s legit.

While I’d love to delve into the sundamaged “Death Machine” van with a Fez hat and “Batman vs. Superman” flag that I created, there is a greater point to get to.

Rocket League allows players to communicate with one another through the controller’s directional pad (d-pad). All combinations of two taps on the d-pad create a given message, allowing for 16 potential messages. These blurbs can range from compliments to apologies to messages for your team.

One of my roommates customized the messages for his Xbox. Within his messages, he has both “All yours” and “You got it,” but not “I got it.”

Wait. So when I’m playing with total strangers online, how am I supposed to

claim that I will attack the ball?

I can’t. I either say nothing and leave potential for miscommunication or tell someone to fetch the ball. I cannot claim responsibility for my team.

As I began to think about this more, I realized it is merely an example of one of my biggest frustrations: people who don’t claim accountability.

It’s easy to deflect blame or pretend like bad situations never happened. But why should you? I don’t remember living in a “Back to the Future” universe with Marty McFly and flux capacitors to go back and change decisions. I have come to realize that it is just better to own up to your decisions.

Of course I’m not proud of all of the choices I have made, continue to make and will make. I’m human. I have still chosen to take on the mentality that I am in charge of my choices and aspire to take the consequences of my choices head on. The way I see it, these opportunities give me the chance to grow, learn and ultimately solve the wrongs I have committed.

While I am a perpetrator of this, I am not alone. The classroom plays hosts to a

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lot of the deflection of responsibility I see.

No matter how much you claim it to be true, none of your professors have it out for you.

They give you a syllabus with assignments and due dates. If you can’t meet those expectations, that is on you.

The same idea applies to showing up on time. Any student that has made a morning commute to Mount Carmel campus MAX MOLSKI knows that traffic moves Sports Editor slower than the sloths in “Zootopia.”

Everyone @molesdontski has also been on a shuttle destined for main campus that takes a dreaded right turn onto Whitney Avenue towards Whitney Village. If you are capable of simple subtraction, you should be able to figure out a way to arrive to your class on time.

The way I see it, the same goes for busy people that lag behind on their responsibilities. As much as outside obstacles might intervene, there is a level of planning that goes into setting a schedule. If you spread yourself too thin, you have yourself to blame for not properly anticipating the

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time commitments and residual effects of them. The people involved with your various commitments are not responsible for how you spend your time outside of that group.

The last point that I want to make is that you should also hold other people accountable. If you’re bothered by something someone else is doing, solve it first and then let them know what the problem is. You’re not solving anything by keeping whatever is irritating you secret. If you’re withholding your feelings, information or suggestions from people when you could be helping them, you’re just going to end up in the same scenario again.

I like to think I’m in charge of everything I have control over. Whether it’s on the Rocket League pitch, in the classroom or anywhere in a schedule, take accountability.

You can’t avoid your decisions, so you may as well take them head on.

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The Clery Act Everything you need to know about the annual report Statistics compiled by The Chronicle Staff from The Clery Act Report Design by Kristen Riello & Christina Popik

By JEREMY TROETTI Staff Writer

The university has released its annual Jeanne Clery Act Report, displaying the crime on campus for the past year. The report, which displays statistics for fire incidents, burglary, theft, assault, violence against women, manslaughter and murder, shows that only burglaries on campus have risen in the past year.

The report showed there were 11 burglaries on campus in 2014. That number has risen to 18 burglaries in 2015.

2014 2015

Burglaries 11

18

There is a reason for the number of burglaries rising, according to Karoline Keith, Clery compliance officer and investigator for the Department of Public Safety.

“That uptick is because of the counting in 2013… there needed to be some remedial education in how we count,” Keith said.

Keith said Public Safety now classifies any suspicion of a burglary as a burglary, leading to the increase.

“If a roommate doesn’t want to suspect their roommate did it or can’t believe that their roommate might have done it, we have to classify it as a burglary. I don’t think there’s a real reason for the uptick, as much as it’s just [a matter of] who reports and how that’s interpreted,” Keith said.

Keith said some of the previous situations would not have counted as burglaries.

“A lot of times when a student came in and said, ‘My wallet’s been missing from my desk; I don’t know who took it,’ those weren’t really being counted as burglaries and those needed to be, so we did a better job counting, per Clery, what is a burglary,” Keith said.

Sophomore George Rozea believes Public Safety is doing an effective job at deterring crime from happening on campus.

“I think that the campus perimeter is very secure. I’ve never had any problems, and none of my friends have [had problems either],” Rozea said.

Freshman Zach Cavender expressed similar confidence in the way Public Safety handles crime on campus.

“I think Public Safety does a pretty good job as is,” Cavender said.

Sophomore Kelly Winterbottom said that, despite doing a satisfactory job keeping campus safe, there is definitely room for improvement.

“I think Public Safety overall does an okay job of protecting against crime, but I don’t think they’re very present in the right places or at the right times,” Winterbottom said.

Winterbottom said she feels Public Safety should often prioritize other issues on campus, rather than focus strictly on certain issues.

“I think that they often show up when a lot of people don’t want them there, which can be their job at times, but a lot of times, but it’s not the right situations they should be involved in, when there’s a lot of other really important things they could be focusing their attention on,” Winterbottom said.

In addition to burglaries, liquor law violations on campus have decreased as well.

“The liquor law violations [decreased] – 772 in 2014 to 362 in 2015. Talking to Seann Kalagher of Student Affairs, there was a implementation of a fine that seems to have had an impact and cut that [number] in more than half,” Keith said.

Despite the number of liquor law violations seeing a

significant decrease, overall arrests on campus seem to be around the same number as previous years.

“As far as the drug law violations, those actually went up in arrests by one. The [arrests that decreased] went down by one or two, so I can’t say that I know why they’re going down. Our protocol has not changed for Public Safety,” Keith said.

Keith said in the past two years, she has been involved in Student Affairs programs aimed at discouraging alcohol and drug use by students.

Winterbottom said it is possible that there is a connection with the number of alcohol-related arrests decreasing and the number of students on campus increasing.

“I think that there is a possibility that there are a lot more students on this campus, and that our campus is doing a pretty good job of giving [students] an opportunity to choose to be alcohol-free,” Winterbottom said.

Winterbottom also said a more hands-off approach by Public Safety could be lowering the number of alcohol-related offenses.

“But I think it’s possible that maybe Public Safety isn’t involving themselves as much, and that’s causing there to be less violations,” Winterbottom said.

In addition to the Clery Act Report, Public Safety also keeps track of any crime that happens on or around campus property.

“Clery crimes are identified by the Clery Act, so these crimes [in the report] are the ones they want us to report on.

We [as Public Safety] do a crime log that reports any crimes to Connecticut law that happen on our campus or in our area. So even if it happens off campus, but it’s at a Quinnipiac-owned property, we would document that in the crime log,” Keith said.

Keith said Public Safety’s goal is to prevent crime from occurring both on campus and in areas near campus, ensuring the safety of all Quinnipiac students.

Sexual Offenses

Referrals

Clery Act Statistics

4 5 3

9

2015

4

6

Aggravated Assault 2013 2014 2015

2013 2014 2015

Drug law violation arrests

2 on North Haven campus

8

2014

2

Arrests

6

2013

2013 2014 2015

Hate Crimes

4 Rape 5 Rape

Drug law violation referrals

Liquor law violation arrests: none reported Illegal weapon possession arrests: none reported

128 160 79

Liquor law violation referrals 2013 2014 2015

Commons: 1 smoking material: trash can Larson: 1 electrical cord Westview: 1 match in trash can

2014 2015

3

362

772 663

Illegal weapons possession referrals: none reported

Arson 2015

2015

Fire safety

1 *All incidents on the Mount Carmel or York Hill campuses unless otherwise stated. *Statistics refer to any reported incidences in accordance to the Clery Act Report.

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Love shouldn’t hurt

Spreading awareness about domestic violence Student media teams up to combat the issue Letter from the editor With October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, The Quinnipiac Chronicle is standing with the Quinnipiac Bobcat Sports Network (QBSN) and the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM) in raising awareness for domestic violence.

The Chronicle will have a purple logo throughout all of our social media platforms and for the rest of our print editions for the month of October.

More than one in three women have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime, and an estimated seven million women are raped and/ or physically assaulted by a current or former intimate partner each year, according to the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV).

These statistics are staggering, and it is imperative that we

come together to educate others and end domestic violence not only in our community, but all over the world.

While this may seem like a small step, it is a step in the right direction.

This week, The Chronicle has gathered information in regard to domestic violence, along with the warning signs, statistics and resources in order to raise awareness.

If you are a student experiencing domestic violence, you can contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 888-774-2900 for confidential support, or the Department of Public Safety at Quinnipiac University for immediate protection and security.

We hope that you will stand with us against domestic violence and help us spread awareness throughout the community. ̶ Sarah Doiron

The Clery Act Report

Definition

Why should we care?

No cases were reported in 2014 or 2015

Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner, according to justice.gov.

1

2013 2014 2015

Dating Violence 3

5

8

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS ONE OF THE MOST CHRONICALLY UNDERREPORTED CRIMES

25% 20% 50%

of all physical of all rapes assaults

committed against females by their partners are reported to the police

10 MILLION WOMEN AND MEN

Examples

Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, of all stalking emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another committed against person, including any behaviors that... females by their partners are reported to the police

And for the number of cases that do get reported... a woman will be assaulted by her partner/ex-partner

35 TIMES

PEOPLE PER

IN ONE YEAR, THIS EQUALS MORE THAN

No cases reported in 2013, 2014 or 2015

committed against females by their partners are reported to the police

20MINUTE 1 IN 5 ON AVERAGE

ARE PHYSICALLY ABUSED BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER IN THE U.S.

Stalking

on average

BEFORE REPORTING IT TO THE POLICE

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

What does QU do?

Forms of domestic violence, including relationship violence and stalking, are addressed in the Title IX policy. All reported cases will be formally investigated and handled as according to the policy. Any student concerns should be directed to the Deputy Title IX coordinator for students, Seann Kalagher.

People who are exposed to domestic violence often experience physical, mental or spiritual shifts that can endure and worsen if they are not addressed, according to the Joyful Heart Foundation. Most common effects are posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and dissociation.

• Intimidate • Manipulate • Humiliate • Isolate • Terrorize • Coerce • Threaten • Blame • Hurt, injure or wound

FEMALE VICTIMS

OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPERIENCES AT LEAST ONE SYMPTOM OF PTSD

Nearly three in every 10 women—about 32 million—and one in 10 men in the United States who experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner reported at least one measured impact or effect related to forms of violent behavior in that relationship, according to a study done by the Center for Disease Control.

MILLION+

THREE

2013

Domestic Violence

AMERICAN CHILDREN WITNESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ANNUALLY IN THEIR HOMES

Domestic violence not only affects those who are abused, but it also has a substantial effect on family members, friends, co-workers, other witnesses and the community at large.

Children who grow up witnessing domestic violence are among those seriously affected by this crime. Frequent exposure to violence in the home not only predisposes children to numerous social and physical problems, but it also teaches them that violence is a normal way of life, which can consequently increase their risk of becoming society’s next generation of victims and abusers.

Statistics from justice.gov and NCADV.org

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Spirit packed weekend

Students spend time with their families during Parents and Family weekend

By SAMANTHA BASHAW Staff Writer

After roughly seven weeks spent on campus, many Quinnipiac students needed a reminder of home. This came in the form of Parents and Family Weekend from Oct. 14-16. The University opened its scenic campus to a weekend of family fun, with weather that boasted the New England fall.

Students reunited with parents, grandparents, siblings and other family members, erasing weeks of pent up homesickness. Students and parents restocked dorms with homemade goodies, and parents were relieved to find their son or daughter still intact after about two months of living the college lifestyle.

The weekend kicked off Friday night with Bobcat Madness. This annual event, which takes place at TD Bank Sports Center, tipped off the start of the men’s and women’s basketball season and was a great way for students to show their parents the QU spirit. Parents and students quickly filled the stands, taste-testing Chartwells’ concessions and putting their freshman’s name in the ballot for a slim chance of making a half

court shot for free tuition for one semester.

The night consisted of a pep rally, including numerous routines by the Quinnipiac Cheerleaders, IceCats, Kickline, Dance Company, Dance Fusion and Step to Perfection.

Hosts gave out prizes in the form of $50 gift cards and QCash, and to everyone’s misfortune, the three freshmen picked to shoot a half court shot to recieve a semester free of tuition were unable to sink the dealmaker.

The men’s and women’s basketball coaches gave speeches encouraging students to come out and support the teams on the court this 20162017 season.

“Not only are these ladies great representatives of Quinnipiac University, they’re great student athletes. They ball,” head coach of the women’s basketball head coach Tricia Fabbri said.

Parents got to take a firsthand look at the pride Quinnipiac takes in its athletic department and in the University as a whole.

Junior guard Daniel Harris of the men’s team spoke these words of encouragement, “Here at Quinnipiac, we are one team, one heart.”

Following that Friday night, Quinnipiac laid out a stacked Saturday filled with various events for visiting parents and families. There was a scheduled breakfast and lunch, provided by the University, as well as various information sessions and interactive classrooms in the corresponding schools. The weekend also advertised athletic games and theater performances in order to give the parents and families a look into all that Quinnipiac has to offer.

While not everyone participated in the scheduled events and some students even went home for the weekend, those who did participate were given a glimpse of the life their daughter or son experiences here at Quinnipiac.

Kyle Petton is a freshman entrepreneurship major in the 3+1 business program, whose parents and younger sister drove roughly four hours from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to spend the weekend with him. They had planned on attending several University events, commenting on a particular interactive entrepreneurship class that was informative and interesting. “[Quinnipiac] does everything top notch, it’s always very organized and very clean,” Petton’s

mother said, complimenting the school’s scheduling of Parents and Family Weekend as well as other events.

Vanessa Harris, a sophomore pre-medical psychology major, participated in Parents and Family Weekend last year with her family, and was excited to see her parents at this year’s Parents and Family Weekend as well.

“We’re excited for the rest of the day,” Harris’ father said at the luncheon sponsored by the University. “We love [Quinnipiac]. Vanessa is doing great so that’s a plus. She’s happy, so we’re happy.”

While the reunion may have been short-lived for some, the weekend gave families the opportunity to explore the local area as well as the campus. Hiking Sleeping Giant and eating at Eli’s on Whitney allowed students and families to catch up on weeks spent apart. With Parents and Family Weekend scheduled right in the middle of New England’s fall peak season, this two and a half day event caused more memories to be made and for the Quinnipiac University family to truly come together.

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Over the weekend, families gathered around campus to reunite, take pictures and participate in University-organized activities.

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P I N I N G FOR THE P A S T

‘90s fashion never left

By ANA GROSSO Contributing Writer

Remember the days when overalls and hair scrunchies were all the rage? Or when jean jackets and leather pants were stocked in your parents’ closets from another lifetime? Well, what goes around comes around, and there is good news for those who are nostalgic for those times: the ‘90s are back and grunge style has been resurrected.

The ‘90s gave off a dreamy aura that brings back days of roll-on glitter and Kate Moss, and although many current students at Quinnipiac spent the ‘90s rocking diapers, the nostalgia for simpler days is evident through the new fashion trends.

Overalls, chokers, corduroy and velvet are a few of the most popular revived trends this fall. Think Rachel from “Friends” or Cher from “Clueless,” with button-up skirts, double denim, chunky heels, satin and velvet slip dresses and edgy choker necklaces. Stores like American Apparel, Forever 21 and Brandy Melville are filled with graphic band T-shirts, boyfriend jeans and overalls in dozens of different styles and colors. The stores’ new style simultaneously feels like a walk down

memory lane and a walk down an aisle in a local thrift store.

Choker necklaces have become a staple in many girls’ wardrobes lately. It is a versatile accessory that pairs well with a dress to go out in or a T-shirt to wear to class.

“I think the clothes were really cool, and sometimes I wear pieces that were popular like the denim skirt and chokers,” freshman Sabrina Colonese-Dibello said.

Big-lens sunglasses, which were popular in the ‘90s, are also making a comeback.

Funky shades are all the rage and the bigger and brighter the better. Whether the lenses are round, square, pointy or bright green, the glasses are sure to add the perfect touch to any outfit.

Pins on JanSport backpacks, knee high socks, lipstick and hair scrunchies are just a few of the most popular ‘90s accessories that are still going strong today.

Converse, Dr. Martens boots, New Balance sneakers and platform shoes have also made a comeback. Stores like J. Crew helped bring New Balance back into the spotlight, pairing the shoes with dresses or more formal attire to give the look a new meaning.

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This week, The Barnacle, Quinnipiac’s satirical newspaper, released its latest issue and as usual, it did not disappoint. .

Just a few of this issue’s headlines include “Student looking for parking finds himself,” “Clown clan makes murder fun again,” “Obituary for the guy from that lemonade iced tea brand” and “Ryan Lochte reports own murder to Brazilian authorities.”

The Barnacle is more than just a funny headline and a goofy picture. Their articles are always well written and can be considered pieces of creative art.

My personal favorite article, written back in February, is a lovely piece called, “Opinion: North Haven’s a slut,” written by ‘City of Hamden.’ This was around the time when Quinnipiac ditched the shuttle to the Hamden plaza and replaced it with the shuttle to the North Haven plaza, presumably due to endless town-gown drama. The piece is so perfectly on point, making a frustrating shuttle change into a comedic gold mine.

Over the years, I’ve heard a few of the paper’s writers perform at various open mics around campus and they’ve always been the highlight of the show. Being funny is a true talent. Legitimate comedy, not just casual humor, is a true art that I have the utmost respect for.

The absolute best part of The Barnacle’s publication is their masthead, where you’ll find some legal jargon. The Chronicle’s reads, “Newspaper theft is a crime. Those who violate the single copy rule will be subject to civil and criminal prosecution and/or subject to university discipline.” The Barnacle’s reads, “Newspaper theft is a crime, and unlike those bitches at The Chronicle we’re not afraid to get some REAL police up in yo’ business if you steal some papers.” We noticed this line a few weeks ago, and I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.

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Chokers, a popular fashion trend from the ‘90s, are making a huge comeback this season with variations of the classic elastic ‘90s version.

“I like how the trends from the ‘90s have come back but I like how they have been updated. They are incorporating the trends into new fashion pieces, and people are wearing ‘90s clothes differently now,” freshman Brandon Massey said.

Denim is another ‘90s fad that is back on the fashion scene. Denim on denim, jean jackets, baggy jeans or “mom jeans,” ripped jeans, high-waisted jeans, denim shirts and basically any other clothing item made out of denim is back in – especially overalls. One of the most classic ‘90s duos (besides Rachel and Monica from “Friends”) is denim with flannel, which has also made a comeback in 2016.

Perhaps it is the reruns of popular ‘90s television shows that sparked the born-again fashion trends, or the ethereal nostalgic factor that the world was much simpler 20 years ago or just the sheer love of a grunge outfit that brought the ‘90s back.

Although this year has not been a stellar one for America, it is safe to say that one of the highlights of this year has been the overwhelming popularity of ‘90s trends. The fashion world is pining for the authenticity of ‘90s style that is seemingly all around – in television shows, in music and in a dusty box in the attic that never made it to Goodwill.

WRECK

Love is still dead

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As fashion icon Tyra Banks once screamed, “I was rooting for you! We were all rooting for you!”

First Brangelina and now Drake and Rihanna? What is the world coming to? We can’t take much more of this! It feels like yesterday that Drake stood up at the Video Music Awards (VMAs) and presented Rihanna with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.

His speech brought girls at home to tears.

“She’s someone I’ve been in love with since I was 22 years old,” Drake said during his speech at the VMAs. “She’s one of my best friends in the world.” Cue the sobs, tissues and thoughts of “I can’t even get a text back.”

The couple is reportedly now seeing other people, according to E! News. It’s bad enough they broke up, but now they’ve already moved on? Give our hearts a break.

“They are not exclusive anymore,” a source told E!. “They still love each other, but their schedules have gotten in the way.”

They seemed perfect together, a love story in Hollywood that could last and would last forever. Dreams are now crushed and hearts are shattered.

Seeing the information for the first time on an unreliable Twitter source late on Oct. 10, I thought, “Oh good, there’s a chance this isn’t true. There’s still hope.”

All hope was lost, however, when I found the story to be true. Right now, it seems like there’s no chance for the two to get back together, which makes me want to cry.

I guess the couple was, in fact, “too good.”-L. Pytel

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RUNDOWN

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY Maine 4, QU 3 – Friday Andrew Taverner: 1 goal, 1 assist QU 3, Maine 2 – Saturday Craig Martin: 1 goal (GWG) WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY Mercyhurst 3, QU 2 – Friday Emma Woods: 1 goal QU 1, Mercyhurst 0 – Saturday T.T. Cianfarano: 1 goal (GWG) MEN’S SOCCER QU 2, Monmouth 1 – Wednesday Ryan Scheiderman: 1 goal QU 3, Canisius 1 – Saturday Eamon Whelan: 1 goal WOMEN’S SOCCER QU 3, Iona 2 – Wednesday Nadya Gill: 1 goal, 7 shots Monmouth 2, QU 1 – Saturday Gill: 1 goal, 5 shots FIELD HOCKEY QU 3, Old Dominion 2 – Friday Savanna Reilly: 1 goal (GWG) VOLLEYBALL QU 3, Marist 2 – Saturday Maria Pansari: 46 assists QU 3, Siena 1 – Sunday Jen Coffey: 20 kills RUGBY Central Wash. 19, QU 12 – Saturday Mason Johnson: 3 tries MEN’S TENNIS QU 7, Saint Peter’s 0 – Wednesday QU 5, UConn 2 – Sunday WOMEN’S TENNIS QU 7, Saint Peter’s 0 – Wednesday

GAMES TO WATCH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU vs. UConn – Wednesday, 7 p.m QU at Boston University – Saturday, 7 p.m.

QU vs. UMass Amherst – Tuesday, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY QU at Boston College – Friday, 2 p.m.

QU vs. Boston College – Saturday, 3 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER QU at Siena – Wednesday, 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER QU vs. Siena – Wednesday, 3 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY QU at Temple – Friday, 3 p.m.

QU at Yale – Sunday, 2 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL QU at Iona – Friday, 7 p.m.

QU at Manhattan – Saturday, 1 p.m.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY CCSU Mini Meet – Friday, 3 p.m.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY CCSU Mini Meet – Friday, 3 p.m.

GOLF QU at St. John’s – Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m.

RUGBY QU at Castleton – Sunday, 12 p.m.

Follow @QUChronSports for live updates during games.

GAME OF THE WEEK

Men’s soccer extend win streak to five games Bobcats beat Monmouth for the first time since 2004

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Senior defenseman Liam O’Sullivan and the men’s soccer team held Monmouth to one goal on Saturday.

By ELLIS EINHORN Staff Writer

Quinnipiac men’s soccer earned its fifth-straight MAAC win Saturday afternoon by defeating Monmouth 3-1 at the QU Soccer Field.

The win marked the first time the Bobcats have defeated the Hawks since the 2004 season.

“For us, it’s not about the past.

It’s about where we are at right now,” head coach Eric Da Costa said. “Coming in 4-1 in the MAAC and opening up a gap against a team that’s right on our heels is important for us. We want to continue to push to get into a position to be in the

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playoffs, and once we’ve done that, then hopefully we can contend for a regular season championship.”

Early in the first half, senior Ryan Scheiderman took control of the ball after a risky slide tackle and crossed it to freshman Eamon Whelan, who scored on a diving header for his eighth goal of the season.

The Bobcats had another scoring opportunity soon after as junior Shaquille Huggins blasted one from beyond the penalty box that would be saved by Monmouth keeper Chris Seager.

Minutes later, Eamon found himself involved in another scor-

ing opportunity as he crossed the ball back to Huggins, who narrowly missed it in front of the goal.

The Bobcats eventually found a way to put another point on the board as senior James Doig knocked one in on a penalty kick with 11 minutes remaining in the first half.

Scheiderman attributed the Bobcats’ 2-0 lead after the first half to his team’s positivity and mental toughness.

“Everybody listens and everybody is on board,” Scheiderman said. “There’s no questions asked.

If we have to be somewhere, name

a time and place and we’re there 10 minutes before. Just the little things and I’m talking off the field, too.

The young guys have taken their responsibilities and we’ve told them what they need to do and they’re doing their jobs.”

Early in the second half, Huggins earned himself a yellow card for a hard collision with a Monmouth defender. Freshman Connor McCoy made a crucial save in front of the net after freshman goalkeeper Chrys Iakovidis was forced to step out to defend a Monmouth attacker. Iakovidis, who had six saves on the day, let in his only goal off a penalty kick from Monmouth’s David Nigro with just over 13 minutes remaining.

Tensions quickly flared as freshman Evan Hughes earned the Bobcats’ third yellow card on the game after questionable fall by Monmouth’s Anderson Asiedu.

Matthew Tyler sealed the deal for the Bobcats as he scored his second goal of the year on a free kick from 25 yards out, putting Quinnipiac up 3-1.

“We got banged up pretty good today which was something we didn’t anticipate,” Da Costa said.

Quinnipiac was whistled for 11 fouls and awarded three yellow cards on the day, while Monmouth had only nine fouls and one card.

The Bobcats will search for their sixth straight MAAC win as they host Siena on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

Brosious: ‘[Cloutier] and I will just outwork people.’

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Brosious echoes a similar sentiment.

“I think it’s a relationship that I’m lucky to have. I’ve said numerous times Ken’s been a great mentor and a father figure here and you need those at school,” Brosious added. “People get so scared of him. He’s a normal human being, normal guy, just treat him like a person.”

In addition to the relationships they have built, the duo have even earned internships to go along with their student media and Athletics work. Brosious is an intern writer at Barstool and Cloutier is a free-

lance social media manager at “The Maury Show.” “[The internships are] a testament to how hard we work,” Cloutier said.

“We want to get our voices heard and I think with me at Maury and Brosh at Barstool... he doesn’t get that job unless he’s chatting with [lead writer at Barstool Sports Philly, Adam Smith], I don’t get my job if I don’t speak my mind, we don’t do well with athletics if we don’t talk to Ken and bring our ideas forward.”

On top of the imposing extracurricular jobs they have, Brosious and Cloutier fail to leave their roots as they continue to contribute and serve as experienced members of the QBSN.

“Their work ethic is second to none,” Chairman of QBSN Connor Fortier said. “If there’s anything that needs to be filled in last second, or an article to be written or a game to be covered, at least one of them will step up and do it.”

While their work through QBSN and Quinnipiac Athletics has earned the duo admiration from the student media community, their newest and most exciting project at Quinnipiac is coming soon.

Brosious and Cloutier will have feature roles in the newest season of “Bobcats Weekly,” the first weekly highlight show produced by Quinnipiac Athletics and Quinnipiac’s School

of Communication.

“It’s going to be another highlight show like last year, me and John Orsenigo, we’re basically going to host the show,” Cloutier said. “Nicole Kessler is going to do interviews and Brosh and I are going to write it.”

The two didn’t waltz their way into this great opportunity either; they beat out other aspiring applicants throughout tryouts by writing a twopage script of exactly what they had in mind.

“There’s other kids that may have been a little more talented on-air than myself, but nobody’s taking the time to spend 90 minutes or two hours on a full-blown plan,” Brosious said. “[Cloutier has] the talent. He’s great at what he does. He’s great on-air and I’m a great writer. That’s why we are a good yin-yang and there’s times where he and I will both just outwork people.”

While it may be sad for some to see them leave the Hamden area, the two agree that it’s their time.

“Two years ago, I never thought I’d be in this place now. I feel really comfortable where I’m at in terms of leaving because I think the school has provided me with all of the resources I need to get to the next level and get a job once I leave this place,” Cloutier said. “I’m just excited for the future, for [Brosious’] future because he’s gonna kill it — so proud of everything he’s done — we’re gonna have fun.

It’s gonna be a fun life, it is.”

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Both men’s and women’s tennis swept St. Peter’s 7-0 when they travelled to Jersey City, New Jersey last Wednesday.

Field hockey totaled 10 shots on goal in its 3-2 overtime win against No. 19 Old Dominion on Friday. The victory marked the program’s first win against a top-20 team.

Men’s hockey outshot Maine 61- 52 in its twogame series in Orono this weekend. The teams split the two game series, each winning a game in overtime.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Clockwise from left: Freshman Maria Pansari sets up one of her 44 assists in volleyball’s 3-1 win on Sunday, the team celebrates a point in Saturday’s pivotal 3-2 victory over Marist with second place in the MAAC standings on the line, sophomore Kat Miller braces for an incoming ball in Saturday’s win.

Kei Ezaka & Sitilia Rencheli Seniors Kei Ezaka and Sitilia Rencheli represented Quinnipiac men’s and women’s tennis teams respectively at the Oracle Intercollegiate Tennis Association Masters. They competed both individually and as a mixed doubles team. The national tournament hosts 32 elite men’s and women’s singles players as well as 32 mixed doubles.

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“If tonight’s any indication of what to expect for game days and game nights, we’re in for a fun-filled year.”

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A perfect pair

Best friends Tyler Brosious and Justin Cloutier bring energy and entertainment to sports broadcasting for QBSN and Quinnipiac Athletics

By JUSTIN CAIT

Associate Sports Editor

“Work hard, play hard.” You’ve heard the phrase a thousand times.

It sounds simple in theory, but as time progresses, putting enthusiastic effort into both working hard and easing up can become difficult to maintain.

But for the duo “Brosh and Clouts,” as they call themselves, it seems fairly easy - almost too easy.

Senior journalism majors Tyler “Brosh” Brosious and Justin “Clouts” Cloutier are a near perfect combo when it comes to sports broadcasting for the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network (QBSN). Brosious offers the quick and witty call on play-byplay while Cloutier complements with meaningful and entertaining color commentary.

While the pair shows seamless symmetry on-air, the chemistry begins outside the booth as best friends. But it wasn’t always that way.

“I followed him on Twitter because I saw he tweeted like three times in a row,” Cloutier said to Brosious with a nostalgic smile and laugh. “I was like what’s this kid’s deal? So I followed him on Twitter.”

The real life interactions began over a game of Madden NFL and some smack talk from Cloutier’s end.

This led to conversation about their roommate struggles and before long, Brosious invited Cloutier to live in his Village suite. The guys were the only two broadcast journalism majors in the room and from then on they clicked.

From sophomore social media pals in 2014 to third-year roommates

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Tyler Brosious (left) and Justin Cloutier (right) have been broadcasting together for three years at Quinnipiac.

today, the two have come a long way in their friendship, but even further since the beginning of their collegiate broadcasting careers.

“One day [Graduate Assistant] Nolan Rich reached out to me because he heard I did some play-by-play in high school and needed some people in athletics,” Brosious said. “I did one play-by-play with him and I was like, ‘That was cool but let me see if I can bring my buddy Justin.’ So I called him one day and he was like, ‘Yeah,

let’s do it.’”

Although the friendship may not have been anywhere near where it stands today, it didn’t take much for the two to find synergy through broadcasting.

“Athletics had only two play-byplay announcers at the time and we knew how cool it was, so we jumped right on the bandwagon and it’s been fun ever since,” Brosious said. “We started then and now we’ve done probably every sport at least once.”

From ice hockey to softball to field hockey and back again; you name it, they’ve covered it. Considering how many non-traditional sports teams play for Quinnipiac, the duo has tackled the difficult task and always with a touch of humor.

“In the booth, we just have great back-and-forth. There was a field hockey game we were doing and there wasn’t a goal for a whole half, so we were just going back and forth and making jokes off each other,” Cloutier

said. “It keeps it light and makes it fun. That’s what I enjoy about it.”

While it may seem like fun and games at first, it is quite the contrary in reality. The two have grinded extremely hard and as a result, work on campus for Quinnipiac Athletics.

One of the people to recognize the pair’s hard work over hilarity is their current boss at Quinnipiac Athletics, Sports Information Director Ken Sweeten. When asked about the two, he didn’t flinch at the chance to commend all they have done.

“Justin and Tyler have a great relationship together – I can’t imagine another situation more rewarding than working in sports with your best friend,” Sweeten said via email.

“Those two guys get it. They’re good at what they do and they have fun doing it, which is important in any line of work. I’ve enjoyed having them onboard and I’m excited to see what’s in store for Bobcats Weekly this year.”

The pair gets a much different side of the Associate Athletic Director than most, and Cloutier says Sweeten is someone who has shaped their growth.

“The thing with Ken is that he gets a lot of bad rep from journalism students and even teachers which he shouldn’t get, because one, he’s a great guy and two, he’s just busy,” Cloutier said. “When we contacted him, we just started talking to him like we hang out with him, like he’s one of the guys. Obviously he’s our boss, but at the same time we like him. He’s a nice guy.”

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Volleyball ends home stand with 3-1 win over Siena

By CONOR ROCHE Staff Writer

Quinnipiac women’s volleyball (16-7, 8-2 MAAC) overcame a 15-11 deficit in the final set against Siena (516, 4-7) to win in four sets on Sunday.

The Bobcats went on an 8-3 run with two kills from sophomore outside hitter Jen Coffey and an ace by sophomore outside hitter Kat Miller to give them a 19-18 lead in the fourth set.

The teams traded points back and forth until it was tied at 27. Miller then registered a kill to put the Bobcats up by one and finished off the Saints with her third ace of the game to give the Bobcats the victory.

“This game was going on for a while, and I just wanted to close it out and help the team win,” Miller said.

Siena’s Julia Burzynski had the most kills out of both teams on Sunday with 25. Coffey led the Bobcats with 20 and Miller finished with 10.

The Bobcats had some struggles early on when they gave up a 17-12 lead in the first set and let Siena come

back to win the set by a score of 2523. The Bobcats also trailed the Saints 10-7 in the second set.

“We’re a young team, so sometimes we have some mind blocks to get through,” Bobcats head coach Kris Czaplinski said. “In the timeouts we talk about staying focused on the details and staying focused on the fundamentals, and we’ll be fine.”

The Bobcats turned things around and ended up being fine throughout the rest of the set, going on to win it 25-21.

After trailing 14-11 in the third set, the Bobcats went on an eight-point run with four kills from Coffey and would go on to win the set 25-21.

“It was just the little things that we had talked about in practice all week, and we knew what we had to do differently and better,” junior captain Elizabeth Kloos said on her team’s play in the last three sets. “It was just a couple people stepping up and doing those right things.”

The Bobcats’ win on Sunday comes after a five-set victory against

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Sophomore Kat Miller (center) recorded 10 kills in volleyball’s 3-1 win over Siena on Sunday.

third-place Marist on Saturday.

“We just focused on the small details,” Czaplinski said. “The bench was huge for us this week-

end. They played out of their mind.

Everyone was able to come in and contribute. Having that depth on any team is remarkable.”

The Bobcats are second in the conference standings and will play their next game at Iona on Friday.